Post #2871601
2025-01-21 17:43 UTC
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@Beggarmidas@mastodon.social 2025-01-22 12:55
@rrb@infosec.exchange @ellestad@sfba.social @moh_kohn@mastodon.scot I saw the Iron curtain fall myself. All the dozens of soft revolutions that followed, that ONLY could have occurred peacefully after the collapse of a major power. I still remember vividly the day Ceaușescu & his wife were shot. It was the very best Xmas present. Ah, heady days. Seemed like anything was possible. The future was ours. Pity Langley didn't clean up after themselves post collapse, allowing their pet mad dogs to go feral. Everything changed after 9/11.
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@Beggarmidas@mastodon.social 2025-01-22 13:07
@rrb@infosec.exchange @ellestad@sfba.social @moh_kohn@mastodon.scot I'm unfamiar with Anne Applebaums work. I'll look her up. I'm not much of an academic. Got chased out of school during the satanicpanic. So i'm mostly self taught. I'd toss college textbooks in my duffel to fill dead time while I was in transit. Which was usually. lol. As per Africa, i'm impressed. I'd gotten the impression many had become rather hostile to outside meddling in recent years. Benevolent or otherwise. I know i've been told to mind my own biz a few times!